Of niche interest but maybe appealing to anyone who enjoys a truly blistering opinion piece.

Here's are some links to the trans and LGBTQ+ groups that have found themselves strained to the breaking point who are helping homless trans folks in Seattle today. First, there's KOI, which offers six months of housing and other support for trans people fleeing red states. koinitiative.org

I am a mess

Aquarius: As you begin to witness miracle after miracle, you'll slowly realize it's not the saved lives or realized dreams you're meant to be seeing, but a choice made by God, or maybe the Universe, to never help you, specifically, even though it would be super easy to do.

15 or 16 years ago, I forget, I got this problem cat from a last chance cat rescue. Fee waived. He turned out to be the most loyal and loving cat I’ve ever known. He will be so missed.

Rural Washington is, mostly, deep red country. Was astonished to find this along the highway outside Elma.

Another reason to love John Crowley (from 2013) Forget Harry Potter Adults Should Read Joan Aiken's Wolves in @bostonreview.bsky.social cc @lizzaaiken.bsky.social

Starting to add things like “compiled by actual human expert” to my field guide descriptions, especially for anything related to edible plants and mushrooms.

From 1903 to 1907 Augustus Jansson produced more than 30 striking adverts for the Queen City Printing Ink Company, including the wonderful Ink Beasts Parade series, with its "Magenta Ponies" and "Orange-Yellow Ibexiaticus". More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/a...

Just a random snapshot from a day at work

RIP Asha Bhosle - one of the great Bollywood singers of all time. Check out this funk track from 1971 with pumping bass.

have you guys seen the Dutch cover of The Hobbit cuz I hadn't

Happy Trans Day of Visibility ❤️🏳️‍⚧️❤️

Not sure why it took me so long to get to this author but holy shit this book was great. Probably for everyone but especially for any of my fellow trauma riddled Gen X queers. The tears you shed reading this will heal you.

When confronted by a hand-wringing parent I did enjoying looking them dead in the eye and saying ‘we read Flowers in the Attic at this age’. Worked 90% of the time and backfired hilariously the other 10%

Just now listing this hard to find title - a great addition to the library of any botanically minded Tolkien fans. If you’ve been looking for a copy, lmk

Aquarius: Probably nothing to worry about but, we just thought you'd want to know the creature draws near. Ever nearer, actually, it says here. The handwriting is sort of— well, I shouldn't editorialize. But uh. Yeah. Creature's comin'.

failing is hot girl behaviour 🫵🏻💥

One of my favorite poems

The point being, anyone who's eagerly awaiting or theologically invested in the End Times shouldn't be in government or military command, because they don't give a shit about the actual, real future, let alone the consequences of their actions in the present; they just want the world to end.

I very briefly did patient scheduling and we were militantly and rigorously monitored for accuracy in this area in particular. Any human being doing medical phone work would get fired for this immediately.

Seed sowing time — entry for #March in the Labors of the Months section of the Très Riches Heures, probably the most important illuminated manuscript of the 15th century: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/labors-of-the-months-from-the-tres-riches-heures

Feb 24th 1989 - Laura Palmer was murdered in the early hours of the morning. Later that morning, her body was discovered down river. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper was assigned the case. 📺📅 Twin Peaks (1990) #TwinPeaks #TwinPeaksDay

In 1993, Octavia E. Butler wrote a defense of public libraries. “Public libraries in particular are the open universities of America. They're free; they're accessible to everyone… I'm a writer at least partly because I had access to public libraries.“

I cleaned up ok so documented it for Science. MIDDLE AGE

A great and enduring shame of my hometown: The Tacoma Solution. Commemorated now with a beautiful traditional Chinese garden, it seemed like we were truly moving forward. It’s gutting to see it all happening again.

This song is SO good.

The cycle from Amazon killing bookstores to Bezos axing the books section of the Post is something

Stoked that people are spreading my protest art around! Make your own Hex ICE stickers using the free graphic justseeds.org/graphics (Abolish ICE package 2 from @justseeds.bsky.social) or buy pre-made stickers at www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1774...

Fuck today. deadline.com/2026/01/cath...

Book mail today: sending out Ursula Le Guin, Jean Genet, and a copy of Shock Doctrine, among others. The one small thing keeping me sane

year of the fire horse risograph 🐎🔥

I was gonna hold off on releasing these shirts, BUT they are sick as hell & I wanted to show you. Imagine a world... in which Goth Girls Gardened... GASP! You're living in that world RIGHT NOW. Bring the Goth into Gardening at SquidFacts.net Designed by the amazing @seaofdoom.bsky.social

In a world where grief bleeds through the seams of our hyperconnected lives, where minds fracture under invisible weight, where democracy withers in the shadow of rising authoritarians—joy is no longer luxury. It's insurrection.

is he familiar with Jin Shengtan's "thirty three nice things" - www.burninghou.se/p/whats-good

My ex’s new spouse has started to call me their ex wife in law, which I love. And they just sent me this amazing scarf they block printed. Here’s to expanding definitions of family.

Free window decor~

Heads up, Seattle: Aki Kurose Middle School in Hillman City and Cleveland STEM High School in Beacon Hill are sheltering in place after ICE activity was reported in the area.

A look at some of the most beautiful and unusual examples from the first 100 years of the "modern" book cover, since the rise of publishers' bindings circa 1820: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-art-of-book-covers-1820-1914

My comic for this week’s @realchangenews.org. What to do when ICE shows up.

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Really enjoying the Spirealm. Very engaging blend of legitimately effective and atmospheric horror, solid intrigue, and queer longing. The running political commentary would be applicable really any time but feels especially on the nose at the moment.

It’s an excellent time to cultivate a hyperfixation on Chinese television shows

Helping promote mask wearing on public transit by bussing home during rush hour with a backpack full of smoked salmon. Public health hero

Having fancy tea and lemon squares with my 89 year old neighbor, hearing some absolutely wild fun stories. Make friends with people who aren’t your age, it makes life so much more fun.

Aquarius: It's time to put all the disappointments and misery of 2025 behind you and look forward to 2026, which will have lots of new disappointments and misery in store for you.

In general I think people should read more Galeano, especially to understand the long struggle against imperialism in the Americas. This is one of his very rare personal works. Feels relevant always & even more so today. Hard to find this but worth the search.

The year I came out to my mom she panicked and cancelled Christmas entirely. She said she was overcome by the thought that my life would be so lonely and so hard and, without a man, so difficult. It was the first Christmas I couldn’t go home for. 1/

The long nights are over, the Light begins its journey home